Relationships between pahoehoe surface units, topography, and lava tubes at Mauna Ulu, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B2, 2001, Pages 2139-2151

  Byrnes, Jeffrey M ^a   Crown, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; LAVA TUBE; PAHOEHOE; TOPOGRAPHY;

HAWAII; MAUNA ULU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035066065     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900369     Document Type: Article

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